Avatar in 3D

When I think of movies in 3D, I think of going to children’s movies for the whole family while wearing the big dorky looking glasses. I was initially put off, and even hesitated to see Avatar when our theater only had 3D showings that they were charging eleven dollars for; three dollars more than the regular tickets. The ticket taker asked us if we needed glasses, and I paused at first thinking Avatar would be fine without wearing the glasses, but he mentioned somebody hadn’t worn the glasses and couldn’t fully enjoy the movie. I tried watching the first few minutes, but I could tell right away that it wasn’t going to look right. Seeing Avatar in 3D was definitely worth it, however I would not pay that much more to see every movie in 3D, as most movies wouldn’t be worthy of it.

The movie Avatar is about a paraplegic soldier, Jake Sulley, who is asked to be an Avatar in place of his brainy twin brother who was killed in a random act of violence. Jake, played by Sam Worthington (Terminator Salvation), joins a mission where he will control an alien body from a pod, and do some reconnaissance work for a company that wants to mine a mineral called “unobtainium.” I found the name of that mineral funny since it is the same name of the alloy the ship was made from in The Core. The richest deposit of which is lying directly under the sacred tree and village of the indigenous race of Pandora called the Na’vi. His main objective is to convince the Na’vi to relocate. He is given three months to achieve this task, but unfortunately is unable to do so, which leads to the humans using deadly force. This puts Jake in a difficult position, as he has grown to respect the ways of the Na’vi as well as fall in love with one of their women.

Jake has to live two different lives. During the day, he is out running around with the Na’vi, and when they all go to bed, he has to record his personal logs and report to his superior officer, not to mention finding time to eat and not to mention getting some sleep. It would seem to me that somebody would go insane after doing this for three months straight.

Sigourney Weaver plays a supporting role as the head scientist who had her own school to teach the Na’vi English and human culture. Even at 60, she is still very attractive and couldn’t help sneaking in a scene where she would be half naked.

Avatar is a great movie to end 2009 with. It was the most fun movie I have seen all year, and I will never think of 3D movies the same again.